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T. ELLIOTT.

CAR TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1919,

lut'mmrd Nov. 18, 1919.

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T. ELLIOTT.

CAR TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED LUNEQ, 1919.

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' THOMAS ELLIOTT,

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CINCINNATI CAR COMPANY,

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

; CAR-TRUCK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS zen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new an useful Improvements in Car- Trucks, of

which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanyin drawing.

his invention relates" to car trucks and has for its particular object to provide an improved brake hanger which may be applied to-trucks of any standard construe tion, or which may be modified and applied to any type of car truck.

The subject-matter of the present invention is a detail of the subjectmatter confor Let- 1919, Ser. No. 282,338, in which my improved brake hangers are included in combination with other features of improved truck construction; it being the purpose in the present application to treat the brake hangers per 86 as a separate invention.

As here shown my improved brake hangers consist in parallel suspension plates spaced, apart and arranged in pairs and used in sets in a manner whereby the brake beams and brake shoes are suspended and operated in a substantially horizontal plane relative to the truck wheels,'and whereby thebrake mechanism as a whole is well balanced in its relation to the truckframe.

A further object of the improved construction is to employ brake hangers consisting of pairs of oppositely disposed spring plates, contacting at their central portions and having their opposite ends free to exert spring tension against the sidesof the hanger bearings, thus acting to eliminate chatter or noise incident to the operation of the parts underordinary construction and servingto compensate for the, wear of the bearings so that the relation of the hangers to the bearings remains normal irrespective of the wear thereof.

Referring to the accompany drawings;

Figure 1 is a detailed side elevation of a set of my improved brake hangers applied to a car truck of the improved type shown in my copending application referred to;

Figs. 2 and 3 are plan and end views, respectively of the construction shown in Fig. 1;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Enmo'r'r, a citihanger bearings.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Application filed June 9, 1919. Serial No. 302,717.

Figs. 4- and 5 are detailed views of the hangers, Fig. 5"showing the spring feature of the construction; Y.

- Fig. 6 is a detail of the brake beam suspension plate and Fi 7 is a detached assembly view in perspective of the complete brake hangers.

As shown in the figures of the drawings,

'- the improved brake hangers consist preferably of the curved spring hanger links 1 and 2 used in pairs, the links contacting at their central portions and curved outwardly, as

shown in Fig. 5, so that their opposite ends will be compressed when assembled in the The hangers are preferably used in sets of threeor four,-as here shown in sets of three, the diflerent pairs of the spring links thereto. The ends of the plate are looped,

as shown, and bolts 5 pass therethrough and through the ends of the spring links 1 and 2, thus constituting a rectangular-shaped frame surrounding the side frame 6 of the truck frame and having its upper hanger plate 3 secured to the side frame member in any suitable manner, its lower plate 1 swinging free upon the hangers and supporting one end of the brake beam 7 which is secured thereto, together with the brake shoe head 8, with bolts 9; the brake shoes 10 being supported on the brake shoe head relative to the truck wheels 11 in the usual manner. At the centerof the truck, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, the brake hangers are used preferably in single pairs, as shown at 12, one pair of hangers being used in connection with each brake beam 7. The upper ends of each pair of hangers are pivotally secured in the hanger supporting frame 13, shown in cross section in Fig. 3, by a 'bolt 14, and the lower swinging end of the link is pivotally connected to the brake bean'i'by means of a fulcrum plate 15 and bolt 16.

From the foregoing detailed'description 'it will be apparent that the present invenconstituting the set being arranged in parof simple substantial construction whichconstruction and arrangement which may be,

applied to any type of car truck merely by adapting the shape and size of the hanger parts to the particular typeof truck to be.

furnished with brake equipment; that the improvements consist. in providing hangers will stand the hard usage to which car truck equipment is subjected without being sub-x ect to excessive wear or rendered out-of adjustment; that the brake beams and brake shoes are suspended and caused to move thereby in a. plane substantially arallel to" the wheel base of the truck, an 'that'the lateral wear of the hanger bearings is auto-- the opposite" matically compensated for by expansion of the curved spring linksused n pairs, the noise or chatter of the bearings being eliminated by thesamearrangement.

The parallel arrangement of the brake hangers, used inpairs andspaced apart 1n the manner shown serves to suspend the shoes substantially and thus insures equal brakebeam and brake in a horizontal plane, I contact with the Wheels and equal wearing of the brake shoes until the same are worn out. TlllS effectlve means of reven'tmg uneven, contact of the brake sfoes not only efi'ects material economies in maintenance but insures more effective operation of the brakes, and is therefore an improvementvof first importance in car truck construction.

Having thus fully described my lnvention, what I claim as new and desire to I secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In brake hangers for car trucks, the

- combination, a

plurality of parallelhange'r links arranged tially parallel to the base line of said truck. 2. In brake hangers for 'car truck's,'the combination, a pluralityof parallel hanger links arranged in pairs and in sets and suspended from and on opposite sides of a side member of the truck frame, and" a brake beam and brake shoes supported by said. hangers and caused thereby to move in a plane substantially parallel to the base line of saidtruc-k.

'3. In brake hangers for car trucks, the combination, a plurality of parallel hanger links arranged in sets'on opposite sides of and suspended from the side members of the truck frame, and a. brake beam and brake shoes supported by said hangers and caused thereby to move in a plane substantially parallel to the base line of said truck.

4. In brake hangers for car truck's, the' con'ibinatiou, a plurality of parallel hanger links arranged in sets and suspended from the opposite side of the side members and central support of the truck frame, and a combination,

combination, a

truck frame, plates the outerjsets are joined together, a brake in sets and suspendedfrom and on opposite sides of a side member of the truck frame, and a brake beam and brake shoes supported by said hangers and caused thereby to move in aplane substan-'- brake beam and brake shoes supported by said hangers and caused thereby to move in a plane substantially parallel .to. the base line of said'truck. I c

5. In brake hangers for car trucks, the

links arranged in sets and suspended upon the truck frame, plates whereby said links are joined together, and a brake beam having its ends secured to one of said plates of opposite sets, whereby said beam "is v plane substantially caused to move in a parallel to the base lineof saidtruck.

6;."In brake hangers for car trucks, the

plurality of parallel hanger links arranged in' sets the side members and central su port of the whereby the 'links of beam having its ends secured to said plates and its central portion to the central hanger,

a plurality of parallel hangerand suspended upon whereby said beamis caused to move in a 7 plane substantially parallel to the base line ofsaid truck. 1 v

7. In brake hangers 'for car trucks, the 'c0mbination,-a plurality of'parallel hanger links arranged 1n sets, plates whereby the opposite ends of said links are joined" to ether, one of said plates resting upon'theh side member'of-the truck frame, and'the other plate swinging free with said hangers. I

swinging plates. of opposite hangers, wherebysaid beam is caused to move in aplane substantially parallel to the base line of said truck.

8. In brake hangers for car trucks, the

combination, a. plurality of parallel hanger links arranged insets and suskpended upon the truckframe, plates where are joined together, and a brake beam havopposite sets. p

9. In brakehangers for car trucks, the

combination, a-plurality of parallel hanger links arranged in sets, plates whereby the opposite ends ofsaid links are joined together, one of said platesresting. upon theside member-of the truck frame, and the other plate swinging free with said hangers, and a brake beam having its ends secured to the swinging plates of opposite hangers.

, 10. In a brake hanger, the combination,

of two hanger links contacting at their cen- V tral portions and having their ends inclined y said links oppositely outwardly and having an aline'd bearing aperture extending therethrough,

and ahanger bolt extending through said apertures, whereby the inclined ends vof the opposite links may be compressed toward each other.

11. In a brake hanger, the combination, of a plurality of opposite sets of hangers, each set consisting of two opposite spring links contacting at their central portions and having their ends inclined oppositely outwardly, alined bearing apertures of said opposite sets, and a hanger bolt extending therethrough whereby the inclined ends of the hanger links of each set may be compressed toward each other.

12. Ina brake hanger, the combination,

of a pluralit of opposite sets of hangersarranged su stantially -parallel to each other, each set consisting of two opposite spring links contacting at their central portions and having their ends inclined oppositely outwardly, alined bearing apertures of said opposite sets, and a hanger bolt whereby the inclined ends of each set of .each of said apertures, whereby the inclined ends of the opposite links may be compressed to vary the angle of their inclination.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THOMAS ELLIOTT??? 

